Director, Talent Development

Learning Care Group • Novi, MI

10d • Remote

About The Position

The Director of Talent Development is responsible for building and leading the enterprise-wide talent development strategy in alignment with business goals, workforce planning, and organizational growth. This role designs and scales role-readiness, onboarding, manager development, and learning journey programs while using AI and automation to improve personalization, efficiency, and impact. The Director leads the talent development team and advises senior leaders and HR business partners on capability needs and development solutions.

Requirements

• Eight or more years of progressive experience in talent development, organizational development, or learning and development is required.
• Three or more years of experience leading people is required.
• Hands-on experience or strong working knowledge of AI tools and platforms applied to learning and development or talent functions is required.
• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and serve as a strategic partner to executive leadership is required.
• Strong project management experience managing multiple priorities in a remote, distributed environment is required.
• Experience managing budgets and external vendor relationships is required.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in a high-growth or matrixed organization is preferred.
• Certification in leadership assessment tools, such as Hogan, DiSC, or MBTI, or a coaching certification is preferred.
• Experience building internal mobility or career-pathing programs is preferred.
• Experience evaluating or implementing AI and automation solutions within HR or learning and development technology is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own the enterprise-wide talent development strategy and align programs with business goals, workforce planning, and organizational growth.
• Partner with senior leaders and HR business partners to identify capability gaps and develop scalable solutions that address business and workforce needs.
• Set the strategy and lead the design of foundational training, role-readiness frameworks, learning journeys, onboarding, and new-manager development programs.
• Identify and implement AI-powered tools and automated workflows that improve content creation, learning personalization, skills assessment, reporting, and program delivery.
• Champion responsible experimentation and adoption of emerging learning technologies based on organizational fit, value, and return on investment.
• Build, lead, coach, and develop a high-performing talent development team while managing priorities, budgets, learning platforms, and vendor relationships.
• Define and monitor measures of program effectiveness, engagement, promotion, retention, time-to-proficiency, and return on investment; use insights to continuously improve programs.
• Advise executive leadership on talent development needs, outcomes, and innovative solutions that strengthen organizational capability.
• Other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed